ROUTE 19 REVISITED: THE CLASH AND LONDON CALLING
Book ID/图书代码： 11320009B33210
English Summary/英文概要： Twenty-eight years after its original release, The Clash’s London Calling was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a ‘recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance’. It has topped polls for the best album of the seventies (and of the eighties). It regularly makes the top five in Best of British album polls. And it has placed, on average, in the mid twenties in the Greatest Albums of All Time polls for the last twenty-something years.
No mean feat when artists the stature of The Beatles and Bob Dylan have many of the top slots, and so many other ground-shaking, heart-breaking and mind-expanding albums fail to make the lists at all.
‘Iconic’ is a much abused word, but the cover of London Calling has a genuine right to claim it: Q voted Pennie Smith’s cover the best rock’n’roll photograph of all time in 2002, and the instantly recognisable image of Paul Simonon smashing his bass guitar has inspired countless imitators (including Mickey Mouse).
Joe Strummer once remarked that The Clash didn’t made it big it in the traditional way, by shipping multi-platinum, but rather ‘in the culture’. London Calling’s songs are rich in lyrical and musical allusion, and since the album’s release, that wealth has trickled back down into our everyday lives, in ways both obvious and subtle.
The Beatles had their lumps felt in Revolution in the Head, and Bob Dylan had his hinterland explored in Invisible Republic. Now The Clash’s finest hour and five minutes gets a book telling when, how and where it was made, detailing the stories behind its songs, placing the album in contexts personal, musical and socio-political, noting its impact upon release, and considering the ripple effects since, both in The Clash members’ own careers and ‘in the culture’.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 初次发行28年之后，《伦敦呼声》（The Clash’s London Calling）是冲突（The Clash）乐队作为记录恒久的历史上意义重大的唱片正式入驻格莱美名人堂（the Grammy Hall of Fame）。它荣获了70、80年代的最佳唱片，同时还位列全英最佳唱片前五。
披头士和鲍伯·迪兰（Bob Dylan）的雕像占据了中心位置，因而许多震惊、心碎、产生幻觉的唱片没法列单。
“偶像”是一个戏拟之词，但是“伦敦呼声”当之无愧。佩妮·史密斯（Pennie Smith）独揽2002年度最佳摇滚乐手照片，以及保罗·赛蒙（Paul Simonon）砸烂贝斯吉他的形象引得无数人相继模仿，包括米老鼠。
乔·思嘉萌（Joe Strummer）曾经认为“冲突”没法以传统的方式制造巨大声势。《伦敦呼声》歌曲在词作和音乐方面很出色，自从唱片一出，财源滚滚，深入民心。
披头士靠《头脑改革》（Revolution in the Head）一炮打响，鲍伯·迪兰靠《无形的民主》（Invisible Republic）这张唱片奠定自己的地位。现在是“冲突”的时代，讲述他们的成军以及词曲背后的故事，将唱片介入个人情景、音乐和社会政治，谁也没有料到反响会如此热烈。(XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：Mojo 安德鲁佩里（Andrew Perry）：“故事很赞。”
Q Magazine 赛蒙·高德（Simon Goddard）：“这是一场书籍盛宴，分析了西方奇迹最好的时代。”
《使者》（The Herald）：“格雷的书阐释了经典的唱片，获得了巨大的成功。” rev’d Andrew Perry: `There are amazing stories.’---MOjo
rev’d Simon Goddard: 4 * `mind-boggling meticulous analysis of the Westway-Wonders’ finest hour... this endless feast of a book.’---Q Magazine
`Gray’s book is a triumph in that his obsessive detail enhances and illuminates a classic record’---The Herald
About the Author/作者介绍： 布莱安·泰尔博特（Bryan Talbot ）生于1952年。他的著作包括：《路基·亚克莱特历险记》（The Adventures of Luther Arkwright）、《一只坏老鼠的故事》（The Tale of One Bad Rat ）、《帝王之心》（Heart of Empire ）、《桑德兰的爱丽丝》（Alice in Sunderland.）。 Bryan Talbot was born in 1952. His books include The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat (reissued by Cape in 2008), Heart of Empire and Alice in Sunderland.
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